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There are published reports* of praying mantises catching and killing hummingbirds. This one moved from a potted Marigold on the porch up to the hummingbird feeder and stalked the birds for days without success. You can watch a video of it in slow motion taking a swipe at the hummingbird on YouTube: youtu.be/qCamLBHCy5I
* See Dan True's "Hummingbirds of North America: Attracting, Feeding, and Photographing"
A male Black-chinned Hummingbird. The chin area looks solid black here, but if you catch the light right, there is a bright purple stripe across the bottom of the lack area.
Holy City gift shop, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. They keep several feeders out and always lots of hummers. Didn't see anything but black-chins this day.
Here he is perched on the feeder. They are so delicate and beautiful. There were two that kept chasing each other around, fun to watch.
Hummingbird in the garden of Santa Catalina Monasterio - Arequipa - Peru
De mannetjeskolibrie is bont, meestal metaalachtig groen gekleurd, met een glanzend rode, blauwe of smaragdgroene keelkleur. Het vrouwtje is onopvallend gekleurd.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolibries
Hummingbirds drink nectar, a sweet liquid inside certain flowers. Like bees, they are able to assess the amount of sugar in the nectar they eat; they reject flower types that produce nectar that is less than 10% sugar and prefer those whose sugar content is stronger.
Wet from a Summer storm a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, her feathers ruffled from the rain, rests among the Cannon flowers.
This is the adult male hummingbird, but still quite young. He should be developing the ruby throat soon!
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The evening light was hitting this hummer just right as he hovered in front of me long enough to capture a few images.
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I'm pretty sure that this is a female ruby-throated hummingbird.
I'm wondering if you all will tire of the hummingbird pics before the excitement wears off for *me*!!!? I'm having such a wonderful time with them...and the grandkids are totally charmed and fascinated - are learning about them right along with me - very quick to point out the lack of red on the throat of this one - and excited by the bright spot of red on another (yet to be posted) of a "jubinul boy"... ;-)